Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin first performed his composition for solo piano and jazz band as part of Paul Whiteman’s “An Experiment in Modern Music” concert at New York’s Aeolian Hall #otd in 1924. An American classic was born.
Franz Marc
#botd February 8, 1880
Tiere in einer Landschaft
Oil on canvas, 1914
"On the floor I am more at ease.
I feel nearer, more part of the painting,
since this way I can walk around it,
work from the four sides
and literally be in the painting."
— Jackson Pollock #botd
Two of Salvador Dalí's twelve heliogravures for Lewis Carroll’s masterpiece, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, published in a limited edition by Maecenas Press, 1969.
Édouard Manet
#botd January 23, 1832
Bords de Seine à Argenteuil
Oil on canvas, 1874
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
#botd January 19, 1889
Throughout her too-short life, she lived, breathed and inhabited art: it was a source of solace, a symbol of possibility, a space of improvisation...
Colour, Geometry and Pure Radiance https://t.co/qo0EKS9XMl
"Paul Cézanne's unique method of building form with color, and his analytical approach to nature, influenced the art of Cubists, Fauves, and successive generations of avant-garde artists."
— James Voorhies, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire au grand pin